Coach of the year, and the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Coach of the year twice, including just last season (2010-11). He has also served as the president of the


Division iii New England Track and Field Coaches Association on two separate occasions. Klatka has coached 65 All-Americans at


Springfield College, including three-time NCAA champion Steve Headley ’10, and NCAA champion Kevin Coyle ’12. Klatka has previously been named to the


Memorial High School Hall of Fame and to the Queen City Athletic Hall of Fame in his native Manchester, N.H.


Jack Piatelli ’86


Jack Piatelli remains one of Springfield College’s most celebrated men’s lacrosse players of all time. He came to the Springfield College


campus as a top 10 attack recruit, and did not disappoint as a four-year starter, leading the team in scoring in 1984, 1985, and 1986. in fact, he remains the College’s fifth leading scorer in history. He was the Springfield College Male Sophomore Athlete of the year in 1984. Piatelli tied an


NCAA record for most assists in a game with 12. He was named a North- South, as well as an East-West, All-Star Game selection in


1986. He was also named an All-American Second Team selection in 1986, making him the first player in program history to be named a Second Team All-American. He led his team to a pair of national rankings— seventh in 1985 and eighth in 1986. Piatelli also had a successful lacrosse


career once he left Springfield College. it began in Australia, where he led the Glenelg Lacrosse Club with a record 75 points in 1986. He then became a four-year member of


the Boston Blazers, a professional indoor lacrosse team from 1988 through 1991. He was the first Springfield College player to


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play professional lacrosse. Piatelli has since gone on to become a


color commentator for the Boston Cannons of Major Lacrosse League, and has served as the color commentator for Division i lacrosse on CN8 Sports. Piatelli has been the regional sales


manager for Warrior and Brine Sports and the New Balance Shoe Company since 1993. He was the National Salesman of the year in 2008.


Ramiro Mora ’90, G’92


Ramiro Mora is perhaps best known for his individual national championship in men’s gymnastics in 1989, dominating on one of the most demanding of the apparatus, the still rings. Born in Colombia, Mora was a tri-captain


of the men’s gymnastics team in 1990. He was a three-time All-American in rings in 1988, 1989, and 1990. He was also an Eastern intercollegiate Gymnastics League champion in rings in 1989. He finished third in the U.S. Gymnastics


Federation championships in 1988 and 1990. Mora was a four-time Sparkplug (Frank


Wolcott Spirit Award) winner from 1986 through 1990, which is presented by members of the men’s gymnastics team to their most motivated and motivating teammate. He was also the individual Male Athlete of the year at Springfield College as a junior. Mora has been a gymnastics teacher in


various capacities and worked as a personal trainer since his graduation. He is currently employed by The Buckley School in Manhattan. “Ramiro came in


as an older student from New york City,” said his head coach, Steve Posner. “But he adjusted to campus very well, and really


bloomed as a gymnast. He was always full of heart and enthusiasm. There was and is no doubt how much he loved Springfield College and the gymnastics program.”


Alisson L. Gerrish ’03, G’04 Any opposing pitcher of the Springfield College softball team in the early 2000s would cringe at the thought of having to face Ali Gerrish. A two-time captain, Gerrish set record


after record from 2000 to ’03, a run in which the Pride finished 124-62, good for a .667 winning percentage. Usually batting third in the order, Gerrish


set eight Springfield College career records, including batting average (.449), slugging percentage (.716), on-base percentage (.506), hits (247), doubles (63), RBis (160), total bases (394), and walks (70). Gerrish also set


seven Springfield College single- season records, including batting average (.519),


slugging percentage (.902), on-base percentage (.575), hits (69), triples (10), RBis (42), and total bases (120). in addition, the first baseman certainly


left her mark in the NCAA record book. She ranked in the top five in NCAA Division iii history in career doubles, in the top 15 in career hits, and the top 25 in career RBis. The native of Plymouth, Mass. is a former


New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference and New England intercollegiate Softball Coaches Association Player of the year, Eastern College Athletic Conference All-New England First Team All-Star, and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American, and was the Springfield College outstanding Female Team Sport Athlete as a senior in 2003. She was also a member of the 2001 squad


which finished a Springfield College record 41-10.1


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